U.S. Open Preview: Odds on Canadian Players

It was this time last year that Canada’s Leylah Fernandez made waves in the tennis world. Fernandez entered the U.S. Open  as a 250.0 longshot but pulled off upset wins over top-ranked players such as Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber and Aryna Sabalenka on her way to making the finals.  

Fernandez fell to Emma Raducanu in the finals, concluding one of the more memorable runs in Canadian tennis history. 

After an injury-plagued grass season, Fernandez is back at the place where she made headlines. She’s one of the top Canadians on the odds boards for the U.S. Open and will garner attention to see if she can duplicate last year’s success.  

Here’s a rundown of the top Canadians taking part in the U.S. Open and their odds to win the grand slam.  

Leylah Fernandez 36.0 DraftKings Sportsbook 

Fernandez made her deepest run in the French Open, reaching the quarterfinals this year. But the achievement was marred by a foot injury that forced her to miss the grass season. 

She returned to compete in the National Bank Open in Toronto and won her first match before falling to eventual finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia. Fernandez then lost her opening match to Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets in the first round of the Western and Southern Open.  

Her form hasn’t been great, but if there’s any reprieve for her fans, she also lost in the first round of the Western and Southern Open in 2021 before her memorable U.S. Open run.  

Bianca Andreescu 36.0 DraftKings Sportsbook

Andreescu has fond memories of New York after securing her lone grand slam title here back in 2019. 

She enters this year with some strange health concerns. Earlier she had to take time off to recover from lower back pain she dealt with during the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. She eventually came back to compete in Toronto but then said she was “seeing double” and “felt really dizzy.” Andreescu made it to the third round before falling to Alize Cornet.  

Regardless of her recent issues, she remains confident about her prospects of winning a second grand slam.  

"I know that I can beat any player on tour right now," Andreescu said. "I just really have to set my mind to it and just be in the right headspace to be honest. Like, I really believe in myself, in my capabilities. My biggest challenge is definitely myself right now. 

"I definitely feel more confident right now than I have this whole year, which is so awesome for me to say because last year I was struggling a lot with that. So, coming into this hardcourt swing, I'm feeling so much better." 

Felix Auger-Aliassime 36.0 DraftKings  

When it comes to the next generation of men’s tennis players, Felix Auger-Aliassime is typically talked about as being a future grand slam champion. With a U.S. Open that features no Novak Djokovic, a potentially hampered Nadal and no Roger Federer, this could be a spot where Auger-Aliassime finally breaks through.  

It’s been an OK hardcourt season for Auger-Aliassime. He has quality wins over top players such as Cameron Norrie, Jannik Sinner and Alex De Minaur, but he failed to advance past the third round in each of his last three hard tournaments.  

The world No. 8 would likely have to face No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals if he were to advance that far.  

Denis Shapovalov 81.0 DraftKings Sportsbook

It’s been a strange couple of months for Shapovalov. Before the Western and Southern Open, he lost nine of his last 10 matches. 

Then, in the second round against Tommy Paul, Shapovalov was getting thoroughly dominated. He couldn’t make a serve to save his life, dropped the first set and was down 1-4 in the second when a fan passed out, forcing play to stop. 

Shapovalov was 31.0 on the moneyline at this point at FanDuel. But after the break, Shapovalov won the next five games to win the set and won the third 6-3 for just his 10th win in his last 12 matches.

 He would go on to lose to Medvedev in the next round, which no one would penalize him for.  

Still, the toss on his serve remains too inconsistent and this erratic stretch he’s on doesn’t warrant any sort of bet on him.